Last April 7 a group of antique tool collectors from the Central Hudson and Eastern Mohawk Valley areas of upstate New York met at the Knox Firehouse in Knox, NewYork, to form a new tool collecting association.

We investigated the composition and spatial distribution of tree species and their environmental and edaphic correlates within the Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area old-growth forest located in the narrow and steep ravine of Swift Run in central Pennsylvania.